Summary:
"How does he always seem to know what we're up to?" A story about the ongoing prank war between Headmaster Albus Dumbledore vs the Weasley Twins and how they encountered the infamous Marauder's Map. Set in the Twins' 3rd year.
Story:
"Brilliant, Absolutely brilliant."
"No no, that won't do..."
"Aha! That's the ticket!"
Often times phrases such as these could be heard from the back of the Gryffindor common room. Students long ago stopped asking the Weasley twins what they were up to. Sometimes it was better to just wait and see.
Nevertheless, it was common knowledge that the twins had an ongoing prank war with Headmaster Dumbledore. Somehow the man was always one step ahead of them. Of course, it didn't hurt to be the most intelligent wizard of the time.
For weeks, prank after prank backfired and blew right up in the twins' faces- literally. Just this afternoon the headmaster recruited Seamus Finnigan to tamper with the Weasley's newest invention. Mysteriously, in the middle of creating a de-aging potion to use on Dumbledore, the contents exploded into George's face and all over the common room walls. To say Professor McGonagall wasn't happy would be an understatement.
"But Professor, couldn't you just clean it up with a quick spell?" pleaded Fred.
"Don't be ridiculous, of course I could , but where's the fun in that?" McGonagall replied with a malicious smirk. "Here's a rag, hopefully next time you and your brother will use your brains for something useful."
With that she left, leaving the poor boys to scrub well into the night much to the joy of the old man.
However, if anyone knew the Weasley twins, they would realize that at this point-Dumbledore should watch his back. Sooner or later they were going to get him... they were going to get him good.
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